Thursday Afternoon, the Opening, and the Saints

Saturday night saw the opening of the Raku show here at Gorse Mills. Place was packed - although that may be easy within our tight quarters. Had a great talk with Eduardo Lazo, whose beautiful piece is one of the highlights of the show. He is such a nice man and very generous with information. His website does a great job of explaining his vapor firing technique.

One of the other pieces that we liked was Don Ellis' vessel. Celia kept referring to it as the "big peach pit" which at first I couldn't understand. Then I realized her point of view and that she was primarily looking at it from the underside, it being on a pedestal and all...

Don Ellis:
Eduardo Lazo:The show is open until March 19.

Thursday after school, I had the kids back to the studio and they were excited to get on the wheels. Guess which child is the one who loves to focus and stay on task and which child is a bit of a more free spirit, the "creative type"?

Love the image of Liam throwing with a tie on - so Bernardish...

As to the Saints - my friend Reed probably put it best:

Maybe the most satisfying emotional sports moment since 1980 us hockey team win in the olympics.

Mastering Raku

It is the last day of school and already I am looking ahead. I am going to be in a show in February and preparations have already begun. We are preparing the promotional materials for Steven Branfman's show and book release: "Mastering Raku". If you haven't seen the book yet, it is beautiful! Honestly, one of the best laid out books on ceramics that I have seen in a number of years. (Full disclosure: I have an image of one of my pots in the book).

Here's some of the info:




"Mastering Raku: The Book and the Art Within"

A celebration of the release of Steven Branfman's latest book "Mastering Raku: Making Ware-Glazes-Building Kilns-Firing" and an exhibition of the art of the contributors.

Dates: February 1- March 19
Opening reception and book signing Saturday, February 6, 5-8PM
Jared Branfman Memorial Gallery
Gorse Mill Studios
31 Thorpe Road, Needham, MA 02494 USA
for information; 781 449 7687